S (New York City Subway service)

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For the subway service internally designated "S", see Franklin Avenue Shuttle.

The current bullet for the three shuttles

Three services in the New York City Subway are designated as a dark gray S (shuttle) service. These services operate as full-time or almost full-time shuttles.[1] In addition, three services run as shuttles during late night hours but retain their regular service designations.[2]

Shuttle services

Official designations

All of the following services are officially labeled S. The "NYCT designator" column stands for New York City Transit's internal designation for the service.

Shuttle name NYCT
designator 		Division Northern terminal Southern terminal Service hours Notes Image
42nd Street Shuttle 0 (zero)/S42 A
Times Square
Grand Central
 Operates at all times except late nights. Two trains operate separately on each of two tracks. Rebuilt and reconfigured for ADA-accessibility from 2019-2022.
R62As
in 3+3 config. This is the shortest route in the subway. 		42nd Street Shuttle at Grand Central
Rockaway Park Shuttle H/SR B Broad Channel or Rockaway Boulevard[a] Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street Operates at all times. Three trains operate on the double-tracked Rockaway Park branch of the IND Rockaway Line. Operated with R46s and R179s in 4 (R46) and 5 (R179) car form, unless extra service or events, when it becomes a 4+4 or 5+5 configuration. Rockaway Park Shuttle at Broad Channel
Franklin Avenue Shuttle S/FS Franklin Avenue Prospect Park Operates at all times. Two trains operate on the mostly single-tracked
Botanic Garden. Operated with R68
single cars in a 1+1 config. This is the 2nd shortest route in the subway. 		Franklin Avenue Shuttle at Park Place

Late-night shuttles

Route Name Northern terminal Southern terminal Notes Image
"5" train Dyre Avenue Shuttle
Eastchester–Dyre Avenue
East 180th Street
 Formerly designated 9, before the line became an IRT line, and SS. 5 train at East 180th Street
"A" train Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle
Euclid Avenue
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
 Operates concurrently with regular A service to Far Rockaway. Designated (gray A) on the late night map and (blue S) in the schedule and on older trains. Newer trains use A train programs to Euclid Av or Lefferts Blvd. Lefferts Boulevard-bound A shuttle train at 80th Street
"M" train Myrtle Avenue Shuttle
Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Myrtle Avenue
 Formerly designated SS. A weekend R160A M shuttle train on the center track prior to the extension of weekend M service from Myrtle Avenue to Essex Street

Former uses

Other routes have in the past been designated S or SS; the label has also been used for temporary shuttles due to construction. Before June 1979,

Aqueduct Racetrack. The SS label was first applied in 1967, when all services were labeled due to the completion of the Chrystie Street Connection
.

23rd Street (Sixth Avenue)
station.

Former uses of the S or SS designation include:

  • Bowling Green – South Ferry Shuttle
    (1909–1977)
  • Culver Shuttle (1954–1975)
  • Sixth Avenue Shuttle
    (1986–1988) – ran between 57th Street and Grand Street
  • 63rd Street Shuttle (1998–1999, 2023-2024)
  • Grand Street Shuttle (2001–2004, 2013)
  • Brighton Shuttle (2022, 2023, 2024) – ran between Prospect Park and Coney Island
  • Brighton Shuttle (2023, 2024) – ran between Kings Highway and Coney Island
  • Astoria Shuttle (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) – ran between Astoria- Ditmars Blvd and Queensboro Plaza, ran on select weekends
  • Astoria Shuttle (2023, 2024) – ran between Astoria- Ditmars Blvd and 39 Av-Beebe Av/Dutch Kills, ran on select weekends
  • Hudson Yards Shuttle (2017, 2018, 2019, 2024)- ran between 34 St-Hudson Yards and Times Square- 42 St
  • 2 Avenue shuttle (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)- 57 St-7 Av to 96 St-2 Av, late nights only
  • 2 Avenue shuttle (2021, 2022)- Lexington Av-63 St to 96 St-2 Av, ran select weekends

Some shuttle routes also used the H or HH designation, which were the last to be assigned to the

Court Street Shuttle from 1936 to 1946 and Rockaway Park Shuttle until 1993, when that route's label was changed to a blue S. A temporary shuttle that opened in November 2012 after Hurricane Sandy
destroyed track connecting the Rockaways to the rest of the system used the H designation.

When the Transit Authority began assigning labels to all services, the Third Avenue Elevated was designated as 8 because it was deemed too long to be considered a "shuttle". However, trains on this line showed SHUTTLE on their rollsigns instead of "8". The service was discontinued in 1973.

Full-time shuttles

Nassau Street Shuttle (1999)

This shuttle ran only from May to September 1999 during the rehabilitation of the

Chambers Street
on weekends, late nights, and evenings).

Myrtle Shuttle (2017–2018)

Two trains operated separately on each of two tracks on the

Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue. They ran at all times between September 2, 2017, and April 27, 2018, due to construction on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line's connector with the BMT Jamaica Line.[5] It was designated as an orange "M" on maps, schedules, and station and service notice signs, and as a brown "M" on the R42
rolling stock, which still had the brown "M" emblems that the route used before 2010.

Part-time shuttles

Lenox Shuttle (mid-1900s – early 1970s)

The Lenox Terminal Shuttle (also Lenox Shuttle and Lenox Avenue Shuttle) ran between

145th Street, and only from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am. It was in place by 1918,[6] but may have been started in 1905 when the IRT White Plains Road Line opened to the IRT Lenox Avenue Line
.

Between 1969 and 1972, it was folded into the 3, but continued to run as a shuttle at those times. Late night 3 service ended on September 10, 1995,[7] due to low ridership,[8] and was not restored until July 27, 2008. During this time, the route was served by a free overnight shuttle bus.[9]

Myrtle Shuttle (1969–1973)

After the

Broadway
ceased operation on October 3, 1969, the MJ service was discontinued and the current nighttime M shuttle was formed, using the lower-level platforms in the same station complex. Prior to 2014, when the M was extended to Essex Street during weekend days, it operated on weekends as well. However, this service was labeled SS and considered a separate route from the M until the two routes merged in 1973.

Bay Ridge Shuttle (1990–2002; 2004–2016)

On September 30, 1990, late night

Pacific Street
, due to reconstruction of the
Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan.[11]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ During summer weekends, the Rockaway Park shuttle is extended to Rockaway Boulevard

References

  1. ^ "Subway Service Guide" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Late Night Service Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "T7041404 Reconstruction of Times Square Shuttle - Phase 3". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "1979 Subway Map". Photobucket. New York City Transit Authority. June 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  5. ^ "Myrtle Avenue Line Infrastructure Projects". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Coming Transit Reductions: What They Mean for You," The New York Times, August 20, 1995, p. CY10
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "Service Enhancements on 3 Line" (Press release). MTA New York City Transit. July 24, 2008. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
  10. ^ "Service Changes September 30, 1990" (PDF). subwaynut.com. New York City Transit Authority. September 30, 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  11. ^

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